AP File PhotoRodney Stuckey put in extra work this summer to improve his jump shot.

Slam has a lengthy Q & A with Pistons point guard Rodney Stuckey. Stuckey said he has spent the offseason working on his all-around game, but his primary focus has been his mid-range jumper. Stuckey shot well under 40 percent from beyond 10 feet last season. [Slam]

I made mention to this during the NBA Summer League, but Ben Gordon was one of a handful of current players to take part in the NBPA's new leadership program that helps prepare players for front office jobs when their playing careers come to an end. Ken Berger has provides more details about how the program got started and what it hopes to accomplish. [CBSSports]

Dan Feldman digs into the archives to debunk the myth that the Pistons made a surprising or ill-advised move drafting Darko Milicic over Carmelo Anthony. Almost every publication and scout listed Milicic as a lock behind LeBron James at the top of their draft boards. [PistonPowered]

Chauncey Billups has taken to the role of mentor at this point in his career. When talking about the next phase of that career, Billups said if he becomes a general manager he wants to emulate Joe Dumars. [Y!]

Dennis Rodman is in the headlines again, and it's pretty much what you'd expect. This time Rodman left a microphone on and broacast his sexual escapades over the speaker system at a party Hotel Indigo in Hampton Bays. [NYP]

Some longtime Pistons season ticket holders were given a special treat when the team let them take a ride in the team's new plane. [DN]

It's probably a bit of a stretch, but CBS Sports blogger Royce Young named Greg Monroe one of the front-runners for the 2010-11 NBA Rookie of the Year. Monroe is among elite company on the list, including John Wall, Blake Griffin and DeMarcus Cousins. [CBS Sports]